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	I've got some fabulous eye candy for you today!! I just love bringing you new releases! Thank you Starlets for all your amazing creations and a big thanks to our Illustrators Fhiona and Franfou for creating these adorable images!!! YAY! Today I'm introducing you to Fhiona's Pets and Treats as well as 4 new Franfou designs! All the Franfou Designs come with a little personality bio so be sure to check that out on the YNS website by clicking on the more info cloud. (Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010)

	A tiny work of Art! Use altered blanks to create mini journals or wearable art pendants. Collect your thoughts, drawings, and photos within these tiny metal pages. Imprint designs and words, use alcohol inks for color, and rivet flattened bead caps and charms for added dimension! (Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010)

	Birthday Flowers Another bright fun card! This one made my another wonderful new designer Shona. She colored the image and use the Sakura glue pen to add the glitter….I love sparkly cards! Take a look at the complete directions here. Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping! (Posted on Wednesday, March 10, 2010)

	Technique, Batik! Instructions 1. Emboss on mulberry paper using solid stamp, clear embossing pad or resist pad, clear embossing powder and heat tool, just until image is clear. 2. Place on one side of newsprint and spritz with water until soaked but not drippy. 3. Drop one color of re-inker in several places. Using brush, dribble more water on to spread the color, BUT leave some places available for more color. Clean the brush. Now drop a different color, and repeat with the brush from a clean cup of water. (I also added Daniel Smith metallic pale gold watercolor.) 4. Fold newsprint over, press onto your paper and leave for few seconds. 5. Now carefully unfold and transfer to a couple of clean sheets of newsprint in a flip flop method. (Don't throw out your first newsprint, allow it to dry it makes great wrapping paper or backgrounds). 6. Fold this newsprint over, and with a medium to hot iron, press about one minute. Carefully begin to lift off the newsprint. If it sticks, put the newsprint down and heat that area until it releases when you lift it up. (The paper sticks because you are removing the embossing powder from the mulberry paper as you heat it. That's why it's important not to move the paper just keep heating until it comes off the newsprint.) 7. That's your Batik paper. You will find that it will show up best when placed on a sheet of white cardstock. I do this by "Xyroning" my card stock then placing the paper over it and smoothing out with a bone folder. Supply list: White mulberry paper Dye pad re-inkers, two or more colors (in bottles) Third Coast rubber stamps Clear embossing pad Clear embossing powder (not thick) Newsprint (the type used for drawing, not your daily paper) Iron (without steam) Heat tool Spritzer bottle filled with water Brushes Water Small containers for mixing color (Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010)

	These May basket cones are mostly seen decorated with flowers and springy things such as the more common, yet gorgeous, tussie-mussies. Here is a more masculine take on the same idea. You can see a little bit of that gorgeous Graphic 45 paper peeking from the tailored fold, but the rest is home made patterned paper using Glimmer Mist and stamps. first started with a square of light brown cardstock. I think the measurements were 8.5×8.5 inches. I lightly sprayed the paper with Pinecone Glimmer Mist and before it dried, I rubbed it into the paper with a paper towel. This rubbing creates a really neat leatherly look to the paper. It amazes me how Glimmer Mist adds a great richness to plain cardstock. If you do nothing else, zapping your paper with a sheer or monochromatic blast of Glimmer really adds amazing depth. In some areas, I sprayed a bit of Burnt Red and did the same rubbing technique, just for slight color variation.I first started with a square of light brown cardstock. I think the measurements were 8.5×8.5 inches. I lightly sprayed the paper with Pinecone Glimmer Mist and before it dried, I rubbed it into the paper with a paper towel. This rubbing creates a really neat leatherly look to the paper. It amazes me how Glimmer Mist adds a great richness to plain cardstock. If you do nothing else, zapping your paper with a sheer or monochromatic blast of Glimmer really adds amazing depth. In some areas, I sprayed a bit of Burnt Red and did the same rubbing technique, just for slight color variation. Once sprayed and dry, I randomly stamped images (using black and brown ink) with the new Tattered Traveler stamp set from Tattered Angels. I stamped lightly and more heavily for neat layering and depth. Once done, I sprayed a bit of Patina Glimmer Mist across the top, leaving the dots. Love the texture of the dots!!!! Adds some “agey” interest don’t you think? Then, before I folded the square into the cone shape, I trimmed the top with a strip of vintage dress pattern. I cannot get enough of the stuff! Just cut a strip from the pattern paper the same width as a strip of crepe paper (the streamers used at birthday parties). Then, with your tape runner (where would I be without my Scrapbook Adhesives tape runner???), lay down a strip of adhesive, and as you adhere the paper down, fold it so that makes a nice pleat. (Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010)

	Meet our Brad Opener! The new Brad Opener is a brand new tool for opening and setting your brads on your projects. Unscrew the back to punch your hole where you want to put the brad, place the triangle "V" end in the brad to open and rock it back and forth to close your brad, It sure saves on your nails and hurt fingers ladies!! (Posted on Tuesday, March 09, 2010)

	An Easter Tag Here's a quick and easy( and cute!!) tag to hang on the Easter baskets you're giving away this year!!! Check out some of our other Easter stamps too!!! (Posted on Monday, March 08, 2010)

	We really love the new trends in peacocks and birdcages. Such pretty soothing colors and such fabulous, elegant images. Plus the beautiful look of silhouettes is all the rage. Here at Stampendous we’ve revisited some of our classic feather images as well to add depth and dimension to this terrific look. One of our amazing design team members, Kimberly Crawford, has done a beautiful job showing our gorgeous new birdcage stamps and our fabulous Peacock Plumes Class A’Peel™ Stickers on her blog at http://bit.ly/buwJxC and http://bit.ly/9Kz4Td These new stickers are more detailed than many of our previous stickers. They have a second layer of color added to bring out the beautiful details in the Peacocks. We also have a lovely new sticker selection in our Koi Pond Class A’Peel™ Stickers. Either of these would be wonderful for weddings or other elegant occasions. We even have stamps to coordinate with them. These new stickers are also perfect for Fran’s Sticker Background Technique™. We’ve used them together with our Peacock Fringe Benefit Kit containing 5 jars of coordinated Fun Flock and Glitzy Glitter colors to create a dynamic card that would wow anyone. (Posted on Monday, March 08, 2010)

	Spring Butterflies... This card is a perfect example of taking a couple of fairly simple stamps and making something absolutely beautiful with them. Kathie used our Cloisonne Butterfly images (cloisonne is a form of enamelware – often used on beads and other jewelry) which are great for layering and coloring. She used stickles to “glitterize” the butterflies. You can buy these images individually, 607D and 606D or as a set of two stamps 608G. She also used 012G Lace Corner to create a lovely border for her card, which ties in perfectly with the lacy butterflies and the elegant die cut border of her layer. (Posted on Monday, March 08, 2010)

	new inspiration galore.... here we are headed into the first weekend of march.... a little bit closer to glorious spring. i love that the daylight is starting to linger just a wee bit longer, a preview of long sunny summer days ahead. yahoo! if you are planning to create projects this weekend with your new sassafras stash here are some inspirational ideas from kay rogers. besides the projects themselves sparking your creativity i have to add that she made all of these in ONE day! for me, who works at a snails pace, that alone is inspirational! here she started with an apple jack "phonetics" b-side. the clowning around title are the new shimmery glitter alphabet stickers.... just the right size for a long title... here kay uses new cherry delicious patterns, complitmented with sweet treat stickers, flags and banners stickers, and a paper die cut bottom....... BEAUTIFUL! i keep making lists in my head about what my little girls like right now. i know this is not a safe way to preserve these thoughts. this projects inspires me to take those lists from my head to something more permanent, like a few simple lines of journaling on a page..... with thoughts of spring in the air nerdy bird is just the collection to put a sprightly spark of brightness in your projects, and your step for that matter =) if you haven't peeled off one of the flag stickers yet you must give it a whirl....... they are so easy to work with and create such a WOW effect on your projects.....all with just a peel and stick! (Posted on Monday, March 08, 2010)

	Stamps: Purrs and Pants© C16-5 (Cats and mice), DC21-7 (The fun starts now) Ink: Archival Ink Jet Black, Stampin’ Up! Red, Patterned Paper: Making Memories Cardstock: Papertrey Ink white Spellbinders Nestabilities Die Templates (Hexagon, scalloped hexagon and Ribbon Tag) Image colored with Copic Markers Accessories: Red and white dotted organza ribbon, silk roses (Posted on Monday, March 08, 2010)

	See our Beautiful Easter Stamps Easter is coming, and we have beautiful stamps to help you create your decorations and cards. Please take a look at all of our beautiful, and detailed stamps for all occasions. (Posted on Saturday, March 06, 2010)

	Exotic Caravan Flowers Our latest release includes gorgeous textured flowers with a Moroccan feel. These Caravan Flowers are filled with details that will add so much beauty to your projects. Designer Ingvild Bolme created this richly-colored page filled with her special touches and highlighting our Caravan flowers. Supplies: Caravan Flowers 538248 , DeVines-537005, Letters 531119, 531072, Youth Epoxy Stickers 830472 (Posted on Friday, March 05, 2010)

	Happy Birthday Stamp bear on white c/s with black, emboss with clear and then watercolor. Cut rectangle around bear leaving some of the ballons hanging over the edge. Stamp the butterflies with versamark and emboss with clear. Make dots trailing from each butterfly using the versamark pen and then emboss with clear. Stamp happy birthday with black and emboss with clear. Assemble card. Add glitter glue to butterflies. Angela Kennedy 4052k joie de vivre 30-013 critter party Bazzill Paper Versafine black ink pad – Tsukineko Versamark ink pad – Tsukineko Versamark pen Detail clear embossing powder watercolors Star dust stickles – ranger (Posted on Friday, March 05, 2010)

	Is it proper to say "Vintage" is back? Good morning again, friends! Well, this is my last day to host the spotlight for awhile. I am a little sad. It’s so fun to share No worries though, I’m sure I’ll be back! I was debating the title of today’s post. Since the definition of “vintage” is something that is from the distant past, to say it is now current seems a little cheeky….. but I LIKE cheeky! My first sample is from the new Vintage Swirls set. Ack! I so love this set. I’m seriously considering repainting my studio vanilla and navy blue now. I can’t get enough of these colors. (Posted on Friday, March 05, 2010)

Recent Product Reviews

VersaMark Embossing/Watermark/Resist Ink Pad	VersaMark is the perfect tool for embossing Every stamper should have at least one VersaMark pad in their inventory. It is the perfect answer to embossing with powders. When I use a colored pigment ink pad to stamp and then a clear powder to emboss, on occasion it will not heat properly, so that's when I use a VersaMark ink pad and then use the colored powder to heat, it never fails to make a beautiful image. I have two in my inventory because I never want to be without one. (Reviewed by VW, Georgetown, TX, United States of America on Sunday, March 07, 2010)

Glimmer Mist, Iridescent Gold, 2 oz.	For watercolors papers in artistics cards is ok. Works better in watercolor paper or chipboard. I have great fun using this product in artist papers, example: for gouche, acrilics paint and watercolor,etc.; but in regular paper for scrapbook no reflect this glimmer and is messy. (Reviewed by 6-176-8826750685, Catano, PR, United States of America on Saturday, March 06, 2010)

Stickers, Dimensional, Together Blossoms	these flowers made awesome cards for sympathy birthday etc I wish I could find other colors or varieties like this. These make awesome cards for birthday, sympathy, just saying hello or thinking of you or any other variety of card (Reviewed by JK, Spotswood, NJ, United States of America on Friday, March 05, 2010)